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A Boy Called Slow by Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Rocco Baviera (Putnam, 1998)
From “Slow” to “Sitting Bull,” this moving account of the greatest Lakota Sioux warrior’s 1830s childhood shows how he grew into his new name.
The PBS site on New Perspectives on the West offers a biography of Sitting Bull with a number of hot links.
JesusJesus by Brian Wildsmith (Eerdmans, 2000)
Beginning with the birth of Jesus, Wildsmith highlights the rest of Jesus’ life, death on the cross, resurrection and ascension. Merry Christmas!
The King James version of the Bible is available online at Verse Link.
Paths to Peace: People Who Changed the World by Jane Breskin Zalben (Dutton, 2006)
Anwar el-Sadat, a former president of Egypt is featured in this book dedicated to sixteen celebrated individuals.
Read more about Sadat at the Jewish Virtual Library.
Cleopatra, leaderCleopatra by Peter Vennema and Diane Stanley, illustrated by Diane Stanley (HarperTrophy, 1997)
The woman was a savvy ruler. Incredible artwork accompanies the story of the last queen of Egypt.
Take a look at the Field Museum of Chicago’s Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth exhibit.
Chingis Khan by Demi (Holt, 1991)
A story of the Mongul leader who reigned over the largest empire assembled in the lifetime of one individual.
From the Office of Resources for International and Area Studies at UC Berkeley, comes an amazing curriculum unit on Chingis Khan.
Peter the Great by Diane Stanley (HarperCollins, 1999)
A Tsar from the age of ten, Peter the Great worked to bring Russia into the modern world.
A brief bio of Peter the Great can be found at the St. Petersburg Times.
